Improvement in cement watee-hees



PATENTED MAY 5, 1868.

E P. I. .P NR OE TT um D .T EN E M4 E C EDWIN DAYTON, 0F MEntDEN, CCNNECTICIVJL Letters Patent No. 77,465, dated May 5, 18618.

IMPROVEMid-NTv IN CEMENT WATER-PIPES.

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TO ALL WHOMA IT MAY CONCER: l I* Beit known thatI, EDWIN DAYTON, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cement Water-Pipes', and I do hereby declare that the follow-l ing' is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention relates particularly to the lmanner of jointing the ends of water-pipes together, of that class ofsuch pipes which are commonly called cement water-pipes, and are formed of a tube or pipe of sheet metal, lined or coated upon the inside, vor upon both the inside and outside, with the cement ordinarily used for such purposes; and this invention' consists in jointing the said pipes together, by tapering the end of one pipe upon its inside, for a portion of its length, in combination withso forming the end of the other pipe, which is to be joined thereto, as to iit withinvthe said inside tapered end, and to produce a pipe of an even and uniform diameter, both upon its insidel and outside, the two pipes thus joined being secured together by cement; ing them at their joints, or by using a collar or ring or thimbile over such joint, and cementing it in turn to the pipes. A

And this invention also consists in using ametallic coiiar over the joints of the pipe-sections, provided with one or more holes along its'sides, for filling the space between it and about the pipes with cement.

By using a collar over the joints of the pipe, of the forni above stated, ntwo important advantages are obtained, viz, the sections ofthe pipes can bedaidmore even and straight in direction, and a pipe can be tapped at its jointsin a much better and moreserviceable manner than with the ordinary collars employed, or with the usual mode of jointing together cement Water-pipes. i l I In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvements'in cement waterpipes are illustrated, the figure being asection through two sections of a pipe jointed together according to my invention, which section is taken in the direction of the length of the pipe. I l

A and B, lin the drawings, represent the two sections of a pipe, of that class' of pipes known as cement water-pipes," and which are made of a sheet-metal tube, a, lined or coated upon its inside with cement, b, suits able for the purpose, these pipes being, -in some cases, also coated upon their'outsi'de with cement.

One end, C, ot' cach sectiont A and B of the pipe, -is made of a tapering shape upon itsinside, fromits end inward, terminating at a. point, D, a short distance from the end, with the other ends, E, of such pipe-sections, made of a conical or tapering sha-pe upon their outside, corresponding to that upon the inside ofthe other ends of the pipes, so as to nicelyvtit therein, and not only form an even, smooth, and uniform bore to the pipe throughout its whole extent, but also produce a ,pipe which, when thus united together by its several sections, willbe uniform and` even in its external diameter, 'the conicalA end o'f one section of theA pipe coming to a stop by its" shoulder against the end of the tapered section. K

Instead of making the end of on'e`section of the pipe of conical shape, to tit into a correspondingopening in the inside of the other section, I prefer to construct the part E of ashort piece of pipe, resembling a truncated cone, the base oi' which is inserted in one'section of the pipe, as seen at C, and the opposite end in the other section. The cement is then applied, to make the joint water-tight, part of the cement being upon the inside, andpart upon the outside of thepart E.

The sections of the pipe jointed together as above described', may be there secured, by cementing in the vline of their juncture, or by using a collar, ring, or thimbleabout the same, which, in its turn, is to be secured to the pipe by cementing. The collar H, which I prefer to use, and which forms, as hereinabove stated, a part of thepresentinvention, is made of a diameter corresponding, or nearly so, to the external diameterof the pipes, so as to 'hold each section ot' the pipes passing through such collar in a more even and perfect line', and is provided with a hole, J, upon its sides, for enabling the space I, between the inside of the collar and the outside oi th-evpipe, to be iilled with cement, so as to hold it to the-pipes, as well as to hold'the sections of the same together, this collar also enabling the pipes tobe tapped in a much better and more reliable manner than with Athe collar heretofore employed for a similar purpose, one manner of doing which is shown in red lines in the.

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As to the collar H, I find it most desirable to use one which is -made of a bulging shape between its two ends, as is shown in the drawings, for the reason that morp space is thus afforded for the cement.

, a, a packing-ring or band, placed upon and around the tapering orconical end ofthe pipe-section, between which and the inside `taper of the other section it is wedged, as the one pipe-section is driven or forced into the a other, whereby a closer and tighterjointis produced between the two.`

I' am aware that pipes have been before used, having the outer connection at their joints, and I do not, therefore, claim such connection. V

,I do not claim a socket-joint, made by enlarging the end of the pipe, as I am aware that this has' been done before; but Y What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.v Thelshort pipe E, of tapering shape. fitting into the adjoining ends of the pipes A B, to form a watertightjoint, and coated upon the inner and outer sides equally, with cement, as herein shown and described.

2. I alsov claim the packing-ring or band a, applied to the pipe-sections, substantially as and for the purpose described.

EDWIN DAYTON.

Witnesses:

WM. F, MQNAMARA, ALBERT W. BROWN. 

